Sorry, I don't consider a virus that primarily damages tobacco plants to be a scourge.

Cancer, heart disease, and emphasema, now those are scourges. But a virus that kills their primary pathogen? Nope.

You seem to be implying that these diseases are caused by tobacco, and that tobacco is a pathogen. I strongly disagree with that idea. Tobacco without corporate tampering by spraying with additives really isn't the worst thing out there. Certainly something that is consumed almost exclusively voluntarily is not a scourge.

My grandfather smoked 20 unfiltered Camel cigarettes a day until he was 92yo. He died of "natural" causes, mainly being 92 fucking years old. Some people have shitty DNA that likes to get defective and turn into cancer. Some people don't. I like having the freedom to smoke cigarettes, and cry baby nanny-staters like DoofusOfDeath make me angry.